In Los Angeles going to a house party in the hills is a rite of passage. Everybody likes a house party ... except the neighbors. Critics say the number of homes used as party venues, sometimes full-time, are growing as fast as their patience is shrinking. "'Party houses,' residential homes...

It's illegal to take a selfie with your ballot in the voting booth. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone enforcing that rule, however. In fact, the state Legislature this year passed a law, AB 1494, that will allow you to snap ballot photos and share them with the world. But the...

A coalition of activist groups is asking the Los Angeles Police Department to back off of its operations against transgender women suspected of prostitution. Those crackdowns usually happen in Hollywood, along Santa Monica Boulevard. An umbrella group that includes the TransLatin Coalition, Familiar: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, Sex Workers Outreach...

A new law signed yesterday by Gov. Jerry Brown will subject Uber and Lyft drivers to tougher security screening. But the measure doesn't take background screening to the depths faced by taxi drivers in the city of Los Angeles, where fingerprint-based checks against California Department of Justice and FBI databases are...

Sorry, Pokemon GO fans and compulsive Facebook users: a new law signed by Governor Jerry Brown, which goes into effect on January 1, makes it illegal to do just about anything on your cell phone while driving, including tweeting, updating your Facebook status, entering an address into Waze, and playing...